This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. 1How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion
with the cloud of his anger2:1 Or How the Lord in his anger / has treated Daughter Zion with contempt!
He has hurled down the splendor of Israel
from heaven to earth;
he has not remembered his footstool
in the day of his anger.
2Without pity the Lord has swallowed up
all the dwellings of Jacob;
in his wrath he has torn down
the strongholds of Daughter Judah.
He has brought her kingdom and its princes
down to the ground in dishonor.
3In fierce anger he has cut off
every horn2:3 Or off / all the strength; or every king2:3 Horn here symbolizes strength. of Israel.
He has withdrawn his right hand
at the approach of the enemy.
He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire
that consumes everything around it.
4Like an enemy he has strung his bow;
his right hand is ready.
Like a foe he has slain
all who were pleasing to the eye;
he has poured out his wrath like fire
on the tent of Daughter Zion.
5The Lord is like an enemy;
he has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces
and destroyed her strongholds.
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation
for Daughter Judah.
6He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden;
he has destroyed his place of meeting.
The Lord has made Zion forget
her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths;
in his fierce anger he has spurned
both king and priest.
7The Lord has rejected his altar
and abandoned his sanctuary.
He has given the walls of her palaces
into the hands of the enemy;
they have raised a shout in the house of the Lord
as on the day of an appointed festival.
8The Lord determined to tear down
the wall around Daughter Zion.
He stretched out a measuring line
and did not withhold his hand from destroying.
He made ramparts and walls lament;
together they wasted away.
9Her gates have sunk into the ground;
their bars he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations,
the law is no more,
and her prophets no longer find
visions from the Lord.
10The elders of Daughter Zion
sit on the ground in silence;
they have sprinkled dust on their heads
and put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.
11My eyes fail from weeping,
I am in torment within;
my heart is poured out on the ground
because my people are destroyed,
because children and infants faint
in the streets of the city.
12They say to their mothers,
“Where is bread and wine?”
as they faint like the wounded
in the streets of the city,
as their lives ebb away
in their mothers’ arms.
13What can I say for you?
With what can I compare you,
Daughter Jerusalem?
To what can I liken you,
that I may comfort you,
Virgin Daughter Zion?
Your wound is as deep as the sea.
Who can heal you?
14The visions of your prophets
were false and worthless;
they did not expose your sin
to ward off your captivity.
The prophecies they gave you
were false and misleading.
15All who pass your way
clap their hands at you;
they scoff and shake their heads
at Daughter Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,
the joy of the whole earth?”
16All your enemies open their mouths
wide against you;
they scoff and gnash their teeth
and say, “We have swallowed her up.
This is the day we have waited for;
we have lived to see it.”
17The Lord has done what he planned;
he has fulfilled his word,
which he decreed long ago.
He has overthrown you without pity,
he has let the enemy gloat over you,
he has exalted the horn2:17 Horn here symbolizes strength. of your foes.
18The hearts of the people
cry out to the Lord.
You walls of Daughter Zion,
let your tears flow like a river
day and night;
give yourself no relief,
your eyes no rest.
19Arise, cry out in the night,
as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart like water
in the presence of the Lord.
Lift up your hands to him
for the lives of your children,
who faint from hunger
at every street corner.
20“Look, Lord, and consider:
Whom have you ever treated like this?
Should women eat their offspring,
the children they have cared for?
Should priest and prophet be killed
in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21“Young and old lie together
in the dust of the streets;
my young men and young women
have fallen by the sword.
You have slain them in the day of your anger;
you have slaughtered them without pity.
22“As you summon to a feast day,
so you summoned against me terrors on every side.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
no one escaped or survived;
those I cared for and reared
my enemy has destroyed.”
1Báwo ni Olúwa ṣe bo ọmọbìnrin Sioni
pẹ̀lú àwọsánmọ̀ ìbínú rẹ̀!
Ó sọ ògo Israẹli kalẹ̀
Láti ọ̀run sí ayé;
kò rántí àpótí ìtìsẹ̀ rẹ̀
ní ọjọ́ ìbínú rẹ̀.
2Láìní àánú ni Olúwa gbé
ibùgbé Jakọbu mì;
nínú ìrunú rẹ̀, ni ó wó
ibi gíga ọmọbìnrin Juda lulẹ̀.
Ó ti mú ìjọba àti àwọn ọmọ-aládé ọkùnrin
lọ sínú ilẹ̀ ní àìlọ́wọ̀.
3Ní ìbínú gbígbóná rẹ̀ ni ó ké
gbogbo ìwo Israẹli.
Ó ti mú ọwọ́ ọ̀tún rẹ̀ kúrò
nígbà tí àwọn ọ̀tá dé.
Ó run ní Jakọbu bí ọ̀wọ́-iná
ní àgọ́ àwọn ọmọbìnrin Sioni.
4Ó na ọfà rẹ̀ bí ọ̀tá;
ọwọ́ ọ̀tún rẹ̀ sì múra
Bí ti ọ̀tá tí ó ti parun
ó tú ìbínú rẹ̀ jáde bí iná
sórí àgọ́ ọmọbìnrin Sioni.
5Olúwa dàbí ọ̀tá;
ó gbé Israẹli mì.
Ó ti gbé gbogbo ààfin rẹ̀ mì
ó pa ibi gíga rẹ̀ run.
Ó sọ ìmí ẹ̀dùn àti ìbànújẹ́ di púpọ̀
fún àwọn ọmọbìnrin Juda.
6Ó mú ìparun bá ibi mímọ́,
ó pa ibi ìpàdé rẹ̀ run.
Olúwa ti mú Sioni gbàgbé
àjọ̀dún tí a yàn àti ọ̀sẹ̀ tí ó yàn;
nínú ìbínú gbígbóná rẹ̀ ni ó run
ọba àti olórí àlùfáà.
7Olúwa ti kọ̀ pẹpẹ rẹ̀ sílẹ̀
ó sì ti kọ̀ ibi mímọ́ rẹ̀.
Ó sì fi lé ọ̀tá lọ́wọ́
àwọn odi ààfin rẹ̀;
wọ́n sì kígbe ní ilé Olúwa
gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọjọ́ àpèjẹ tí a yàn.
8Olúwa pinnu láti fa
ògiri tí ó yí ọmọbìnrin Sioni ya.
Ó gbé wọn sórí òṣùwọ̀n,
kò sì fa ọwọ́ rẹ̀ padà kúrò nínú ìparun wọn.
Ó mú kí ilé ìṣọ́ àti odi rẹ̀ ṣọ̀fọ̀
wọ́n ṣòfò papọ̀.
9Ẹnu-ọ̀nà rẹ̀ ti wọ inú ilẹ̀;
òpó rẹ̀ ni ó wó tí ó sì ti bàjẹ́.
Ọba àti ọmọ ọbakùnrin rẹ̀ wà ní ìgbèkùn láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè,
kò sí òfin mọ́,
àwọn wòlíì rẹ̀ kò rí
ìran láti ọ̀dọ̀ Olúwa mọ́.
10Àwọn àgbàgbà ọmọbìnrin Sioni
jókòó sílẹ̀ ní ìdákẹ́rọ́rọ́;
wọ́n da eruku sí orí wọn
wọ́n sì wọ aṣọ àkísà.
Àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọbìnrin Jerusalẹmu
ti tẹrí wọn ba sí ilẹ̀.
11Ojú mi kọ̀ láti sọkún,
mo ń jẹ ìrora nínú mi,
mo tú ọkàn mi jáde sí ilẹ̀
nítorí a pa àwọn ènìyàn mí run,
nítorí àwọn ọmọdé àti ọmọ ọwọ́ ń kú
ní òpópó ìlú.
12Wọ́n wí fún àwọn ìyá wọn,
“Níbo ni ọkà àti wáìnì wà?” Wò ó
bí wọ́n ṣe ń kú lọ bí àwọn ọkùnrin tí a ṣe léṣe
ní àwọn òpópónà ìlú,
bí ayé wọn ṣe ń ṣòfò
láti ọwọ́ ìyá wọn.
13Kí ni mo le sọ fún ọ?
Pẹ̀lú kí ni mo lè fi ọ́ wé,
Ìwọ ọmọbìnrin Jerusalẹmu?
Kí sì ni mo lè fi ọ́ wé,
kí n lè tù ọ́ nínú,
Ìwọ wúńdíá obìnrin Sioni?
Ọgbẹ́ rẹ jì bí Òkun.
Ta ni yóò wò ọ́ sàn?
14Ìran àwọn wòlíì rẹ
jẹ́ kìkì ẹ̀tàn láìní ìwọ̀n;
wọn kò sì fi ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ̀ hàn
tí yóò mú ìgbèkùn kúrò fún ọ.
Àwọn òrìṣà tí wọ́n fún ọ
jẹ́ èké àti ìmúniṣìnà.
15Àwọn tí ó gba ọ̀nà ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ
pàtẹ́wọ́ lé ọ lórí;
wọ́n kẹ́gàn wọ́n ju orí wọn
sí ọmọbìnrin Jerusalẹmu:
“Èyí ha ni ìlú tí à ń pè ní
àṣepé ẹwà,
ìdùnnú gbogbo ayé?”
16Gbogbo àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ la ẹnu wọn
gbòòrò sí ọ;
wọ́n kẹ́gàn, wọ́n sì payínkeke
wọ́n wí pé, “A ti gbé e mì tán.
Èyí ni ọjọ́ tí a ti ń retí;
tí a sì wá láti rí.”
17Olúwa ti ṣe ohun tí ó pinnu;
ó ti mú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ ṣẹ,
tí ó sì pàṣẹ ní ọjọ́ pípẹ́.
Ó ti ṣí ọ ní ipò láì láàánú,
ó fún ọ̀tá ní ìṣẹ́gun lórí rẹ,
ó ti gbé ìwo àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀ ga.
18Ọkàn àwọn ènìyàn
kígbe jáde sí Olúwa.
Odi ọmọbìnrin Sioni,
jẹ́ kí ẹkún rẹ̀ sàn bí odò
ní ọ̀sán àti òru;
má ṣe fi ara rẹ fún ìtura,
ojú rẹ fún ìsinmi.
19Dìde, kígbe sókè ní àṣálẹ́,
bí ìṣọ́ òru ti bẹ̀rẹ̀
tú ọkàn rẹ̀ jáde bí omi
níwájú Olúwa.
Gbé ọwọ́ yín sókè sí i
nítorí ẹ̀mí àwọn èwe rẹ̀
tí ó ń kú lọ nítorí ebi
ní gbogbo oríta òpópó.
20“Wò ó, Olúwa, kí o sì rò ó:
Ta ni ìwọ ti fìyà jẹ bí èyí
Ǹjẹ́ àwọn obìnrin yóò ha jẹ ọmọ wọn,
àwọn ọmọ tí wọn ń ṣe ìtọ́jú fún?
Ǹjẹ́ kí a pa olórí àlùfáà àti àwọn wòlíì
ní ibi mímọ́ Olúwa?
21“Ọmọdé àti àgbà ń sùn papọ̀
sínú eruku àwọn òpópó;
àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin àti ọ̀dọ́mọbìnrin mi
ti ṣègbé nípa idà.
Ìwọ pa wọ́n run ní ọjọ́ ìbínú rẹ;
Ìwọ pa wọ́n láìní àánú.
22“Bí ó ti ṣe ní ọjọ́ àsè,
bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó ṣe fi ẹ̀rù sí ẹ̀gbẹ́ mi.
Ní ọjọ́ ìbínú Olúwa
kò sí ẹni tí ó sálà tí ó sì yè;
àwọn tí mo ti tọ́jú tí mo sì fẹ́ràn,
ni ọ̀tá mi parun.”
